Search Results: Authors starting with W from Bazaar of Books

"le Brocquy: A Retrospective Selection of Oil Paintings 1939-1966." Foreword by Ethna Waldron, Curator. Dublin: The Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, 1966. Exhibitions held at The Municipal Gallery of Modern Art in Dublin- November 8 to December 11, 1966 and The Ulster Museum in Belfast- December 19, 1966 to January 14, 1967. pp. 71. many b. & w. illus. (1 in colour). Paperback (spine darkened, covers are stained & soiled, interior is clean and unmarked).Very Good condition.Size: 11" x 8 3/4" (28cm x 22cm).Also: A single page supplement, loosely inserted, from Books Ireland, advertising the biography of Louis le Brocquy by Dorothy Walker and published by Ward River Press Ltd. in 1981.

"The Civil War: An Illustrated History." by Geoffrey C. Ward with Ric Burns and Ken Burns. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. [Seventh printing]. pp. 426. 500 illus. (some in colour, some full-page). Hardcover, black cloth with bronze title on spine (some marks on top edge, interior unmarked). dw., unclipped (slightly wrinkled at top). Very good condition.Size: 11 1/8" x 9 3/4". (28.5cm x 24.5cm x 3.5cm).This is the companion book to the PBS television series.

"Canadian Short Stories." Selected and with an Introduction by Robert Weaver. London: Oxford University Press, 1960. First edition. pp. 420. Hardcover, blue cloth with coat of arms, gilt title on spine (spine bumped, lower corners bent, light staining to covers, some foxing to edges, price on front free endpaper & mark, otherwise interior is clean & unmarked, publisher's deboss on back cover). dj. (wrinkled, waterstain on front, back cover soiled & marked, some wear especially to spine, inside jacket- some foxing and marks from book cloth).Very Good condition.Size: 6 1/8" x 3 7/8" (15.5cm x 10cm).

"The Book of Canadian Antiques." Edited by Donald Blake Webster. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson Limited, [1974]. First edition. pp. 352. 64 colour plates, 350 b. & w. illus. Hardcover, orange cloth with gilt title on spine (corners square, interior clean & unmarked). dw., unclipped (worn, tattered with tear to front cover).Very good condition, dust jacket- good condition.Size: 12 1/4" x 9 5/8" (31cm x 24.5cm).

"Air Navigation British Empire Edition" by P. V. H. Weems. Edited by Arthur J. Hughes and P. F. Everitt. London: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Ltd., 1937. pp. 490, Index, plus large folding map in rear pocket, showing the Ellsworth Antarctic Flight (1935) and a Star Chart. many illus. and diagrams. Hardcover, black cloth with gilt title on cover and spine (wear to spine, frayed at top & bottom of spine, corners worn & bent, endpapers foxed, owner's name on front pastedown, covers little wrinkled, interior is clean & unmarked).Very good condition.Size: 9 1/8" x 5 3/4" (23cm x 14.5cm).

"The Real Mystery of Tom Thomson: His Art and His Life" by Richard Weiser. [Edmonton, Alberta]: Dragon Hill Publishing Ltd., [2018]. pp. 160. numerous illus. (many in colour). Illustrated paperback (corners worn, interior unmarked). Very good condition.Size: 8 1/4" x 5 1/4" (21cm x 13.5cm).

"Power: The Ultimate Aphrodisiac" by Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer with Dr. Steven Kaplan. Lanham, Maryland: Madison Books, [2001]. pp. 196, Index. some b. & w. illus. Hardcover, quarter red cloth, beige boards with black title on spine (corners square, signed by the author on half-title page, interior is clean & unmarked). d.w., unclipped (sticker on front, scratched on back, bit worn on bottom). Very good condition.Size: 9 1/4" x 6 1/8" (23.5cm x 15.5cm).

"Ethan Frome" by Edith Wharton. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1922]. pp. 195. Hardcover, blue cloth with gilt title & decoration on front cover. Gilt on spine title is worn or mostly missing (corners bent & rubbed, top edge soiled, spine & back cover dampstained also a little on front cover, spine bumped & bit frayed, endpapers foxed, rear endpaper soiled & with price, previous owner's name and address on front free endpaper, owner's signature on title page, interior is clean & unmarked otherwise). dj. (worn & chipped, especially top & bottom of spine, few marks on front cover, stains to back cover, spine is darkened, a few short tears).
Good condition.
Size: 6 3/4" x 4 5/8" (17.5cm x 12cm).

"Secret Service: Political Policing in Canada from the Fenians to Fortress America." by Reg Whitaker, Gregory S. Kealey, and Andrew Parnaby. Toronto, Buffalo, London: University of Toronto Press, [2012]. pp. 687. some b & w illus. Paperback (new, no marks, wear or damage). Size: 9" x 6" (23cm x 15.5cm)New condition.

"John Thomson: A Window to the Orient" by Stephen White. Preface by Robert A. Sobieszek. [New York:] Thames and Hudson, [1986]. pp. 200. 173 illus., including 161 duotone plates. Paperback (spine and cover foxed, corners bit worn, foxing to page margins, 1 page with some water damage, otherwise interior unmarked).Very good condition.Size: 10 1/2" x 9 1/4" (27cm x 24cm).Thomson is mostly known for his early photographs of countries and people in the Far East. In 1862 he went to Singapore, and from there visited Malaya, Sumatra, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), and India. Subsequently he went to Siam (Thailand) and took photos of the King of Siam and members of the royal court and government. He also took photos of the King of Cambodia and members of the Cambodian Royal Family. He visited and extensively photographed Angkor Wat. From there he continued to Phnom Penh and Saigon. In 1868 he was based in Hong Kong and travelled throughout China, visiting Canton, Peking, Shanghai, the Great Wall, Formosa (Taiwan) and he… Read More

"Leonardo: A Portrait of the Renaissance Man" by Roger Whiting. [Secaucus, New Jersey]: The Wellfleet Press, [1992]. pp. 192, Index. profusely illus. (many in colour). Hardcover, beige cloth with gilt title on spine (corners square but worn, interior clean & unmarked). dj. (sticker residue on front, bit soiled, top is worn, small tear at top of back cover).
Very Good condition.
Size: 13 1/8" x 9 3/4" (33.5cm x 24.5cm).

General Store Collectibles: An Identification and Value Guide by David L. Wilson. [Paducah, Kentucky]: Collector Books (A Division of Schroeder Publishing Co., Inc.), [1997]. Originally published 1994, Updated Values in 1997. pp. 191. numerous colour illus. Hardcover, illustrated boards (corners slightly rubbed, spine bumped, interior clean & unmarked).Very Good condition.Size: 11 1/4" x 8 3/4" (28.5cm x 22.5cm).

"Diary of the Terra Nova Expedition to the Antarctic 1910-1912 by Edward Wilson. An account of Scott's last expedition edited from the original mss. in the Scott Polar Research Institute and the British Museum by H. G. R. King." London: Blandford Press, [1972]. (First published in 1972). pp. 279, Index, Bibliography. numerous illus. (27 colour, many full-page). Hardcover, beige cloth with author's signature in gilt on cover and gilt title & ship on spine, coloured top edge (corners bent & lower corners dented, text block corner bent, light foxing in margins). dj., unclipped (yellowed, some wear & soiling, lower corners wrinkled, spine faded and a few scratches).Very good condition.Size: 9 3/4" x 7 1/2" (24.5cm x 19cm).++PLEASE NOTE: This is a heavier book. Please contact us for a shipping quote for your destination.

"The Story of Florence Nightingale: The Heroine of the Crimea (Splendid Lives Series) by W. J. Wintle. Second edition. London: The Sunday School Union, n.d. (circa late 1800s/ 1900). pp. 144. frontis. & 14 b. & w. plates. Hardcover, blue cloth with illustrated cover, orange and black title on front and gilt and black title on spine (corners bent & worn, spine bumped & frayed, edgeworn, back cover scratched and marked, few marks to front cover, inscription on front free endpaper with price, front hinge cracked, few spots of foxing in text, but generally is unmarked).Good condition.Size: 7 3/8" x 5" (19cm x 13cm).

"Dwellers on the River Banks" by Rev. Theodore Wood. (The "Dwellers" Series). Illustrated by F. M. B. Blaikie. London and Edinburgh: T. C. & E. C. Jack, n.d. (1910?). pp. 56. 16 illlus. (4 colour plates, incl. frontis.). Hardcover, green cloth with black title on front & spine, and colour plate pasted on front cover (covers heavily marked with water stains, corners bent & worn, spine frayed, also darkened, page margins and endpapers foxed, but no marks in text, gift inscription on half-title). No dust jacket.Good- condition. Size: 8 1/4" x 6 1/4" (21cm x 16cm).

"Rage" by Bob Woodward. New York: Simon & Schuster, [2020]. pp. 452. 22 b. & w. illus. Hardcover, blue boards with white title on spine (interior unmarked, spine bumped). dw., unclipped (wrinkled and flap creased, store price sticker on front).Size: 9 1/4" x 6 1/4" (23.5cm x 16cm).Very good condition.

"The Illuminated Life of Maud Lewis." text: Lance Woolaver. photographs: Bob Brooks. [Halifax, NS:] Nimbus Publishing Limited & Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, [1996]. pp. 92. many colour illus., some b. & w. photographs. Hardcover, red cloth with gilt title on cover and spine (corners square, covers unmarked, foxing to margins, otherwise interior unmarked, no inscriptions). dj., illustrated (corners rubbed, a small white mark on back cover, some grease(?) marks also).Very Good condition.Size: 10 3/4" x 9 1/4" (27.5cm x 23.5cm).

"A Passionate Apprentice: The Early Journals 1897-1909 of Virginia Woolf." Edited by Mitchell A. Leaska. [Toronto:] Lester & Orpen Dennys Publishers, [1990]. First Canadian edition. pp. 444. Hardcover, quarter grey cloth with pink boards, grey title on spine (corners square, spine bumped, interior unmarked, inscription on half-title page, owner's embossed stamp on title page, foxing to top & fore edges and some foxing to margins, top of back cover is faded, priced in pencil on front free end paper). dw., unclipped (owner's embossed stamp on front cover, top edge is tattered, top of back panel and spine are foxed).Good condition.Size: 9 1/2" x 6 1/2" (24.5cm x 16.5cm).

"Christina's World, Paintings and Pre-studies of Andrew Wyeth. Text by Betsy James Wyeth. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1982. pp. 282. 105 b. & w. illus., 128 colour plates, and 28 photographs. Hardcover, gold cloth (some rubbing to corners & spine, front cover slightly warped). dj. (sunned, worn, creased, scuffed, short tear to back and few scratches on front). Very Good condition. (dustjacket in good condition).Size: 13 1/2" x 10 1/4" (34cm x 26cm).

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